Few-Cycle Yb-Doped Laser Sources for Attosecond Science and Strong-Field Physics

Background Attosecond science is a cutting-edge field that studies the ultrafast dynamics of electrons in atoms, molecules, and solids. Since the discovery of High-Order Harmonic Generation (HHG) and the experimental realization of attosecond pulses, attosecond science has rapidly advanced, becoming a powerful tool for investigating electron dynami...

2D Material Integrated Photonics: Toward Industrial Manufacturing and Commercialization

Academic Background With the advent of the information age, integrated circuits (ICs) have become the driving force behind technological advancements. However, traditional integrated photonics platforms, such as silicon and silicon nitride, face numerous limitations in material properties. For instance, silicon’s indirect bandgap restricts its use ...

Topological Optical Skyrmion Transfer to Matter

Academic Background In recent years, structured light has demonstrated great potential in simulating topological skyrmion textures encountered in high-energy physics, cosmology, magnetic materials, and superfluids. Skyrmions are non-singular, localized topological structures initially proposed in nuclear physics and later extensively studied in sup...

Bio-Inspired Tough Metafiber with Hierarchical Photonic Structures for Durable Passive Radiative Thermal Management

Academic Background With the intensification of global climate change, energy consumption in buildings, particularly from air conditioning systems, continues to rise. Statistics show that building air conditioning systems account for approximately 10% of global annual electricity consumption, a figure that is increasing alongside carbon emissions, ...

Interdisciplinary Advances in Microcombs: Bridging Physics and Information Technology

Interdisciplinary Advances in Microcomb Technology: Bridging Physics and Information Technology Academic Background The optical frequency comb (OFC) is a technology that divides the optical frequency domain into a series of discrete, equally spaced frequency lines. It has been widely used in precision measurements, optical communications, atomic cl...